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Spice Girls at 30: how girl power changed pop
When the Spice Girls burst onto the scene in 1996 with their debut single Wannabe, they helped to reshape discussions around gender sexuality, power and pop culture.
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Cancer du pancréas : un médicament cible une protéine réputée « impossible à bloquer » et double la survie
Source: The Conversation – in French – By Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Le cancer du pancréas est notoirement extrêmement difficile à traiter. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo...
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Can AI really spot the next football superstar – or is it changing the game in troubling ways?
Technology increasingly promises to make talent identification more efficient and more objective. But can talent can be reduced to numbers and can AI be bias-free?
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Anti-foreigner violence in South Africa is easily sparked: what hasn’t been done to deal with it
Several key actions that could help are not yet on the table, including mobilising other political parties as well as civic society to fight anti-foreigner hysteria.
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AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?
The use of artificial intelligence tools is among the top emerging issues in biodiversity conservation.
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Cultural biases in final exams in West Africa disadvantage many students
The West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) is a decisive examination. For decades, it has been the gateway to higher education in five countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra … Continue reading...
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Why impressionists loved to paint gardens
Social change made leisure gardens accessible to all – not just kings and aristocrats – at the same time as ‘the great horticultural movement’.
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Les préjugés culturels dans les examens de fin d’études en Afrique de l’Ouest pénalisent de nombreux élèves
Les épreuves d'examen sont souvent considérées comme culturellement neutres, alors qu'elles ne le sont pas.
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US defies forecasts of economic slowdown, but its growth isn’t making ordinary people better off
Confronted by higher prices for everyday products, US households are spending more in total.
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Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia?
The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.